Xue-fei Yang, Classical Guitarist
Posted on November 30, 2009
from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing with a BA degree; The first guitarist from her country to study classical guitar in the west; and the first guitarist as well as the first Chinese student ever to receive an international scholarship from the Associated Board of The Royal Schools of Music for her postgraduate study at Royal Academy of Music. Born in Beijing, she started playing the guitar at the age of seven and took formal tuition at ten from Chen Zhi. Soon after, she made ...
November 30th, 2009 - 01:06
when you have a musical argument to give (for example, how they treat the melodic lines, sound quality, technique, phrasing, voice leading, harmonic rythm, etc). The names I mentioned happened to be competition winners..there are many others who are not and still have this qualities.
Can you confidently state that those qualities are present here? i dont know..
November 30th, 2009 - 01:31
Fascinating how your only argument is to be rude and state things you know nothing of (like my music listening habits…do you live with me or stalk me to know this?).
I never said that winning competitions gave you credentials to be “better”, this is music, not sports.
The piano is a completely different tale because they have some things that the guitar doesnt: More competition (theres much more pianists) and a tradition of quality.
“Make it”? who wants to make what?
November 30th, 2009 - 01:35
besides, you do realize marcin dylla is OLDER than xue fei.
The thing that you don’t know is that there is a massive world of BETTER musicians outside of the well loved light. You know why? They don’t debase themselves to competitions. Some people do no competitions whatsoever. Some do one or two to get their feet in the door. And then there are the so called more well loved musicians who do nothing but that. The thing is, winning competitions has nothing to do with excellent music.
November 30th, 2009 - 01:54
no, no, no! You have got to be daft to reckon that someone like Marcin Dylla, or yourself, is better or even COMPARABLE to the likes of Julian bream or williams. Your initial analogy doesn’t make sense at all by the way. Is Lang lang better than glenn gould for sake that he’s newer? Absolutely not!
you reckon you’re fucking god of the guitar but you’re not shit. You’re telling me all these names as if I didn’t listen to them for ages. You’re not going to make it with that bitchy attitude
November 30th, 2009 - 02:03
Again….check out the names i mentioned earlier…then please watch the fantastic classical musicians of all time (barenboim, argerich, karajan, bernstein, rostropovitch, etc etc etc) …and we’ll see if you reckon the same
November 30th, 2009 - 02:05
what are you talking about? Williams, barrueco, and bream, will ALWAYS be references to new generations!
November 30th, 2009 - 02:40
What denverexec2000 doesnt know is that barrueco and williams are no longer references in THIS generation of guitar playing.
The same way running the 100m in 9.9 is no longer anthing impressive, in that regard, Xuefei is an brilliant guitarist for 1950’s standards, but nowadays there are , to say the least, dozens of guitarists which, in my opinion outpace her greatly:
Marcin Dylla, Goran Krivokapic, Rafael Aguirre, Gabriel Bianco, ETC…
November 30th, 2009 - 02:59
Ofcourse! But the guitar sounds so much beautifuller (in some ways)..
November 30th, 2009 - 03:15
W00T Do you mean? oO
November 30th, 2009 - 04:01
Because they speak in Jap or something! Daah!
November 30th, 2009 - 04:05
Yepes has fantastic talent but I never liked his interpretations – that is a matter of opinion of course. The mature Yang has terrific interpretations of several pieces such as the Villa Lobos #7. But to say Yang is not a excellent guitarist is without merit. One example is to compare her tremolo in Recuerdos to that of any guitarist, and I include Bream and Williams, and she is at least technically unmatched in that regard. Her speed and tone on the Villa Lobos #7 is again exciting and musical.
November 30th, 2009 - 04:12
why are there subtitles?
November 30th, 2009 - 05:08
or unless your paco de lucia =D
November 30th, 2009 - 05:21
it is harder to play scales in guitar than in violin… even if you are a guitar god you can’t do as quick as a violin…. unless you use an electric guitar and a pick
November 30th, 2009 - 05:32
Yeah I ‘ll held a race of scales! the fastest win! LOL
November 30th, 2009 - 06:14
I agree, I have dedicated MANY hours to playing scales as quick as possible on the guitar; but have only spent a minimal amount of time practicing piano—and speaking of sheer speed (not counting musical complexity, accuracy, creativity), I find that it is possible (and “simpler”) to play scales quicker on the piano than on the guitar.
November 30th, 2009 - 06:41
The people talking about not being able to play scales as quickly..you are stupid idiots! check out steve vai,ynwie malmsteen, jason becker or eddie van halen only to name a few i got dozens more guitarist but these guys are not only some of the fastest but most technical and have a complete mastering of the theory of there instrument and from what i know they all play piano too maybe other instruments… (to be continued)
November 30th, 2009 - 07:24
Continued)just because your not that excellent doesnt mean the instrument is.idiot. its the player not the instrument.humans play them.they dont play them selves. so yeah fuck all you wanna be snobs that reckon you know shit about music. also your saying guitar is hard.which it is because a 4 year ancient can play a piano.that also is saying it takes more skill to master it. so shut the fuck up.
November 30th, 2009 - 07:44
The people talking about not being able to play scales as quickly..you are stupid idiots! check out steve vai,ynwie malmsteen, jason becker or eddie van halen only to name a few i got dozens more guitarist but these guys are not only some of the fastest but most technical and have a complete mastering of the theory of there instrument and from what i know they all play piano too maybe other instruments… (to be continued)
November 30th, 2009 - 08:33
A excellent guitarist (in other words not Xuefei) can’t play scales as quick and evenly as a violinist or pianist? Prove otherwise? OK. See the video of Narciso Yepes playing Passapied by Bacarisse and wait for the scale at the very end. (Also some small scales in Yepes’ performance of Elegia by Peris are worth viewing.)
November 30th, 2009 - 09:21
And do not say I don’t know about this because I play violin and piano aswell as guitar so I know it is alot simpler playing scales quickly on piano or violin that guitar. It is possible to get close to them but not as excellent, and until you post a video proving otherwise I will maintain that.
November 30th, 2009 - 10:21
XuFei can easily play as quick as a violinist but you seem to reckon she is not fantastic. All a violinist has to do to play a scale is go the bow back and forward on the string whilst using the apprpriate fingering. With a guitar it’s alot harder to do this, your hands have to be perfectly together, which is alot harder to do than with a violin scales.
November 30th, 2009 - 10:40
So there should be double standards. Guitarists can be considered fantastic (even though, compared to violinists/pianists they are mediocre) because these are “completely different instruments”. I beg to differ that “we cannot play with the same eveness of a violinist”. I’m sure Lewin can’t, nor can Xuefei, and you must be less proficient to worship them. But some guitarists could play scales as quick/even as a violinist.
November 30th, 2009 - 11:27
That is simply a poor answer. If this were right of what you apply it to, all well known musicians would be “insubstantial froth,” but only small known musicians are amazingly fantastic. Even though it may apply to some incredible unknown musicians, I don’t reckon it applies to you somehow as you have nothing to prove that you are “a thing of substance.”
November 30th, 2009 - 12:14
When I say a excellent guitarist I mean one who is excellent technically and musically. It is pretty much assumed when someone says that someone is a very excellent pianist they mean that the have fantastic technical skill and musicality. I wouldnt say “that person is a fantastic musician who plays the piano,” would I?